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Hutchins Hapgood, journalist and author, was born on May 21, 1869 in Chicago, Illinois.
Hutchins Hapgood received his early education in the Alton public schools. Like his father and two brothers, he attended Harvard University, receiving the B.A. degree in 1892 and the M.A. in 1897. In the interim he spent two years in study at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg, Germany, reading sociology and philosophy, and also traveled extensively. For a time he was an instructor in English composition at Harvard and the University of Chicago. After trying his hand at various jobs, Hapgood eventually decided to become a journalist like his older brother Norman.
Charles Hutchins Hapgood had a tremendous influence upon the character of his sons. Although not a religious man, he imparted to them a strong moral sense, an abhorrence of great wealth, and a basic belief in progressive socialism. This, coupled with a liberal Harvard•
Hapgood family papers
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Collection
Call Number: YCAL MSS 41
Scope and Contents
The Hapgood Family Papers contain correspondence; manuscripts of books, plays, poems, articles, book reviews, essays, and short stories; business papers, diaries, maps, photographs, subject files, writings of others, and miscellaneous papers which document the lives and careers of various members of the Hapgood family and to a lesser extent the Boyce family, most notably Hutchins Hapgood and Neith Boyce Hapgood. The material spans the years 1829 to 1977, with the bulk falling between 1900 and 1940.
The papper are housed in forty-eight boxes and are divided into kvartet series. Writings is by far the largest series in the collection. Family Correspondence comprises the second largest series. Personal Correspondence and Family Papers make up the rest of the collection. Oversize materials are placed at the end.
Series I, anställda Correspondence(Boxes 1-8), cover•
Hutchins Hapgood
American journalist and author (1869–1944)
Hutchins Harry Hapgood (1869–1944) was an American journalist, author, and anarchist.
Life and career
[edit]Hapgood was born to Charles Hutchins Hapgood (1836–1917) and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood (1846–1922) and grew up in Alton, Illinois, where his father was a wealthy manufacturer of farming equipment. He is the younger brother of the journalist and diplomat Norman Hapgood. After a year at the University of Michigan, he transferred to Harvard University, where he took a B.A. in 1892 and earned his master's degree in 1897. Two of the intervening years were spent studying sociology and philosophy at the universities of Berlin and Freiburg, Germany. At first, he became a teacher of English composition at Harvard and the University of Chicago, but was eventually inspired by his older brother, Norman to pursue a career in journalism.[2]
He obtained his first employment with the New York Commercial A